The USA in holiday cookie form

California is well represented in a Food Network magazine spread on the USA in cookie form.(Photo courtesy of Jeff Harris)

Aw, sweet! Food Network magazine‘s latest issue celebrates the USA in sugar cookie form. They challenged professional bakers across the nation to decorate a state cookie and the results are adorable. Arizona has a Christmas light-bedecked cactus, Florida has a scuba-diving Santa, Illinois has ice skaters in Millenium Park and Montana has a festive bison.

Naturally, we think California has the best cookie, what with the Golden Gate Bridge and cable car and all. Kudos to San Lorenzo’s Gala Bakery for their frosting finesse!

Check out the cookie here, and all 51 — 50 states plus Washington, D.C. — in the December magazine. Apparently the D.C. cookie has a Democrat and a Republican collaborating on a project! Well, it’s a donkey and an elephant, and the “project” involves unwrapping a present. It’s a start, OK?